Center forDriver’sLicenseRecovery & Employability

2014 Biennial Community Meeting

Friday, September 19, 2014Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC)

Today’s speakers & awardees Janice Falkenberg

Milwaukee Area Technical College

Myra EdwardsMistress of Ceremonies

State Senator Nikiya Harris DoddState Senator Glenn GrothmanState Senator Jerry Petrowski State Representative Garey Bies (by video)State Representative Sandy PaschChampions of low-income Wisconsin drivers

Reverend Willie BriscoMilwaukee Inner-city Congregations Allied for Hope (MICAH)

Lois Quinn & John PawasaratUniversity of Wisconsin Milwaukee-Employment & Training Institute (UWM-ETI)

Partners

Wisconsin Community Services (WCS)

Legal Action of WisconsinMilwaukee Area Technical College (MATC)

City of Milwaukee

Mission

To increase the number of valid, low-income drivers in

Milwaukee County.

Four Objectives

Provide direct service to low-income drivers whose suspensions are not for serious safety violations;

Provide educational advocacy through policy & legislative changes;

Increase access to driver’s education; and

Increase community awareness about the impact of driver’s license suspensions and revocations.

Direct Service

Historic Outcomes (March 1, 2007-August 31, 2014)

12,726 Referrals 4,690 Cases Managed/Closed 2,759 Licensed Drivers4,470 Additional “Advice” Cases58.8% Success Rate

Educational Advocacy

Advocacy Victories

The bi-partisan law changes for which the CDLRE has advocated positively impact over 100,000 Wisconsin drivers each year.

Advocacy Victories Highlights:

Retroactive application of Habitual Traffic Offender revision, resulting from 2005 Wis. Act 25: Over 8,000 safe drivers were released from HTO status

2009 Wis. Act 8, which eliminated mandatory license suspensions upon conviction on criminal drug charges: Over 8,000 suspensions per year

2009 Wis. Act 102, which eliminated mandatory revocations upon repeat convictions for Operating While Suspended/Revoked & retroactive application: Over 40,000 drivers had revocations released on just one day

2011 Wis. Act 112, which shortened suspensions for nonpayment of damage judgments from 20 years to 5 & retroactive application: Over 3,000 Wisconsin drivers each year

Driver’s Education

Young Drivers Campaign

Young Drivers Campaign

Young Drivers Campaign PartnersWisconsin Community Services (WCS)Legal Action of WisconsinMilwaukee Public Schools (MPS)COA Youth & Family CentersRunning RebelsSafe & SoundHolton Youth + Family Center

Community Awareness

2014 Community Events Milwaukee Fatherhood Initiative (MFI) and Clean Slate @ Parklawn YMCA,

March Goodwill Workforce Connection Centers, April & July SDC Resource Fair @ Journey House, May Alderman Ashanti Hamilton with WRTP: Community Jobs Resource Fair @ [the

former] Custer High School, June City of Milwaukee Health Department Men’s Health Fair @ Northwest Health

Center, June Driver’s License Restoration Clinic @ YMCA Urban Campus, June & August Alderpersons Perez & Donovan with WRTP: Community Jobs Resource Fair @

MATC Education Center at Walker’s Square, July Alderpersons Coggs & Wade with WRTP: Community Jobs Resource Fair @ the

COA Goldin Center, August The Silver Spring Neighborhood Center’s Back to School Event @ Silver Spring

Neighborhood Center, August Project Homeless Connect @ Marquette University, October MFI 2014 Fatherhood Summit @ Destiny High School, October

The Impact of a Driver’s License

Video

Video AppearancesIn Alphabetical Order

McKenzie Edmonds, Sojourner Family Peace CenterNyette Ellis, YWCA of Southeastern WisconsinJordan Fox, Successful ClientMark Kessenich, WRTP/BIGSTEP Dr. Vicki Martin, Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC)Alejandro Morales, Successful ClientAndre Outlaw, Successful ClientDennis Walton, Milwaukee Fatherhood InitiativeSpecial thank you to Carmella DeLucia, our volunteer

videographer.